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  Fondue: fun and done A break from admissions at the Fondue party.

  

  [see also: Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory] Last night, after a long Saturday of working to select the class, I hopped on the Safe ... pictured below; later, I caught up with Sam and Mitra enjoying the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  On Friday, I attended a Undergraduate Economics Association(UEA)-sponsored lunch with Professor Bengt Holmstrom, the head of the MIT Economics ... years ago." Heh. While googling Holmstrom for this entry, I found this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  A couple weeks ago, Mitra commented on her CI-M (Communications Intensive) class, 14.33. Sam has also commented on one of his as well. My turn! So this semester, I took Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  money. Well, these folks graduated two years ago, so last year I decided ... of Sunday, I baked for 16 straight hours and, finding myself completely ... rolling out pizza dough on a cutting board. This year, I was a bit more

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  Saturday afternoon, which included a performance by the Cross Products. I ... Community. When I visited the sand mandala, this monk was singing a beautiful

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Spring Weekend Concert Announced: Fabolous and Lloyd Banks

  

  Fabolous from his songs such as "I Can't Deny It" and "Breathe," and you may ... the International Fair (or I-Fair), where the many international student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Anna’s Taqueria

  

  food for free to MIT's students. I wasn't there, but I'm told that the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  concentration in Computing and Society that I am stupidly geeked about and want to ... and depth in a single field. As I mentioned in my blog post about the ... concentration, I have seen just tremendous, insatiable intellectual hunger in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  hope! Maybe take a trip to California, or something. I don't know. I don ... ! Keys janky? Please fix it. I'm begging you. The B flat key doesn't work really well. How am I supposed to play music like this? Come on!  

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Designing MIT for democracy why is MIT so decentralized and chaotic? BECAUSE DEMOCRACY

  

  the first-year experience, I stumbled across the following graf quoting ... accomplish these purposes most effectively. [/visually_hidden] I've long loved ... problematically) called "gifted education" for decades. But I hadn't fully realized

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  math and MIT. I now hope to meet more applicants. Come visit! It'll be ... for Palestine," and it was hosted by Palestine @ MIT. I was this close ... rest of the MIT faculty is also rather incredible. I got to interact with

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  Makerspaces 3D Systems, The Coca-Cola Company, and will.i.am, who are ... ). One of the most fascinating things I discovered in the course of writing this paper was the incredible depth of making here at MIT. I learned that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  and I are working on measuring the power it takes to pedal a rickshaw ... no surprise I’m blogging about food) A few dishes here are familiar, while others I never could have imagined. Some interesting things about

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  . That's what I learned this past weekend, when MIT's Association of ... .     Depending on where you go, you might be asked - as I was ... changed as one of MITMUNC's Crisis Staff Directors - I was engineering

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  sure that everything about the last 150 years is represented. I got the ... have ten themes that display every aspect of life here. I was shocked at ... Presidential Science Advisors Project SAGE Protein Folding SS M.I.T. Victory

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  : Sam Kronick '10 Last Friday I had the chance to check out all three ... piece (or at least, I didn't catch the title) is a six-screen video of ... can listen along. I wish there was a mirror, though, so that the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  sneakers run into gold rings, I'm sitting in a dark concert hall watching a ... original; I could close my eyes and imagine I was playing the video game, hearing the music as I'd originally heard it. After pieces from Chrono Cross

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  survival of snowmen everywhere! We will defend! If I could give them out, I'd give out an instant admit coupon to anybody who immediately recognizes the title reference. Anyway, I don't know if you've heard, but snow

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  number and won’t be able to return your call. One year when I was interviewing students I had two people on my list with the same first and last name and when the first one didn’t leave his phone number I had no idea

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to ... for you, I've been taking photos for my lab reports in 2.671. This ... fee, but it's the only place (that I know of) on campus with woodworking

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007